Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
How Social Security and Education Are Being Reshaped
Tue, 25 Mar 2025
Jessica and Scott dive into the chaos at the Social Security Administration after its chief threatened to shut it down—only to backtrack when a federal judge shut him down. They break down the latest threats to Social Security, Trump’s push to dismantle the Department of Education, and what cuts to special education and civil rights protections could mean for students. Plus, the 2024 election autopsy is in. Why did key voter groups swing toward Trump? And what do Democrats need to do to win them back? Follow Jessica Tarlov, @JessicaTarlov. Follow Prof G, @profgalloway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What happened with the Social Security Administration?
And look, Democrats need to come out of the closet and acknowledge the following data and truth in America. And that's the following. You would rather be born today, and this is a victory we should celebrate, you'd rather be born today non-white or gay than poor. And that's great. That's a sign of our victory. So who are we going to help?
We're going to help the poor and we're going to help young people. And by the way, the way you calm special interest groups down who are used to Democrats showing up and pandering to them is you say, folks, do the math. There's a 70 percent overlap. between many of the special interest groups who count on the Democratic Party to represent them and poor and middle-income households.
As MLK said, if you don't bring along the white poor, you're never going to make that much progress because it creates resentment. It also creates accidental racism where when you're at a school or anywhere, you immediately look at someone left and right and think, okay, did they get in? 54% of gay men are attending college. It's 38% of straight men.
I mean, at some point, we just have to acknowledge the data and be the party of the middle class instead of rolling out every special interest group and having Michelle Obama, who I adore, go, who's going to tell them this might be a black job? That is not helpful. That is not helpful. And the only people that don't parade on stage are young men.
when they're in fact are the ones who have probably fallen further faster than anyone. So get away from the identity politics. The discussion around how we get back Hispanics is only going to alienate more Hispanics. It's to say we've made tremendous progress.
We are here to lift people up who are poor and make sure the middle class is the most prosperous middle class living in the most prosperous country in the world. And here are a series of programs. And if you want me to talk about what goodies you get because of the color of your skin or your sexual orientation or whether you have indoor or outdoor plumbing,
other than protecting a woman's rights to family planning, I'm not going to engage in that conversation. I'm here for the middle class, full stop. I think that message really resonates. It gets a lot of moderates back in the fold, and it gets the white poor back in the fold. And I think a lot of non-whites are absolutely ready to have that conversation.
They're sick of being categorized and taken for granted that I vote for Democratic because you're going to throw more goodies at me because of the color of my skin.
Or that the other side is racist. They don't think that anymore.
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Chapter 4: What is the significance of the upcoming 2024 election?
And look, Democrats need to come out of the closet and acknowledge the following data and truth in America. And that's the following. You would rather be born today, and this is a victory we should celebrate, you'd rather be born today non-white or gay than poor. And that's great. That's a sign of our victory. So who are we going to help?
We're going to help the poor and we're going to help young people. And by the way, the way you calm special interest groups down who are used to Democrats showing up and pandering to them is you say, folks, do the math. There's a 70 percent overlap. between many of the special interest groups who count on the Democratic Party to represent them and poor and middle-income households.
As MLK said, if you don't bring along the white poor, you're never going to make that much progress because it creates resentment. It also creates accidental racism where when you're at a school or anywhere, you immediately look at someone left and right and think, okay, did they get in? 54% of gay men are attending college. It's 38% of straight men.
I mean, at some point, we just have to acknowledge the data and be the party of the middle class instead of rolling out every special interest group and having Michelle Obama, who I adore, go, who's going to tell them this might be a black job? That is not helpful. That is not helpful. And the only people that don't parade on stage are young men.
when they're in fact are the ones who have probably fallen further faster than anyone. So get away from the identity politics. The discussion around how we get back Hispanics is only going to alienate more Hispanics. It's to say we've made tremendous progress.
We are here to lift people up who are poor and make sure the middle class is the most prosperous middle class living in the most prosperous country in the world. And here are a series of programs. And if you want me to talk about what goodies you get because of the color of your skin or your sexual orientation or whether you have indoor or outdoor plumbing,
other than protecting a woman's rights to family planning, I'm not going to engage in that conversation. I'm here for the middle class, full stop. I think that message really resonates. It gets a lot of moderates back in the fold, and it gets the white poor back in the fold. And I think a lot of non-whites are absolutely ready to have that conversation.
They're sick of being categorized and taken for granted that I vote for Democratic because you're going to throw more goodies at me because of the color of my skin.
Or that the other side is racist. They don't think that anymore.
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